Acacia leaf beetle

There seems sufficient variation there to cover for this one.

Martin, have noticed that your enthusiasm and knowledge of bugs is superb. Can you please help with the id of the following: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7129404 ?

thanks lori - I see your point

Argy, check the distribution for Sticholotis quadrimaculata and I think you'll find it's a strictly east coast critter.

sorry martin here's the pic http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/big_images/species/stichQuadrimaculataDor.jpg

I know your pic looks red spots martin but how about...Sticholotis quadrimaculata http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/stichQuadrimaculata1.htm

I'm just taking a guess, but it seems more leaf-beetle (Paropsisterna) shaped than ladybird beetle shaped. http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_leafbeetles/Paropsisterna.htm

So the best I can find online is that your various black-with-red-spot ladybugs are all contained in the family Chilocorinae. Some from the genus Exochomus seem closest ... but with so many listed species not having associated photos and the serious questions surrounding how THOSE photos were IDed it is hard to say. Impossible, perhaps, from just a picture.